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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
3.1 Business in the real world
Teach before: 3.2 Influences on business
3.1.1 The purpose and nature of businesses
Specification
content
Learning objectives
Additional guidance
Suggested
timing
(hours)
Learning activities and resources
Purpose of
business
Reasons for
starting a
business
To understand what a
business is and the
reasons for starting a
business.
Reasons for starting a
business include:
producing goods,
supplying services,
distributing products,
fulfilling a business
opportunity and
providing a good or
service to benefit
others.
1
Business types – show pictures of a variety of businesses – students to explain
what the purpose of each business is.
Stretch and challenge opportunity – students to generate ideas of other
businesses that are created for each purpose.
What is a business –
BBC Bitesize video
Why start a business –
BBC Bitesize article
Reasons for starting a business will overlap with entrepreneur’s objectives. See
section below for further ideas.